It's time to prevent public travel from western africa and those originating from there.

[Warren DeMontague]

138. I agree. Borders are already closed, and that has worked to keep it contained to 3 main countries

For the most part.

Humanitarian aid getting in does not require that recreational visa holders looking to be able to vacation in the US, be able to get out (to be clear, the US only has jurisdiction over people coming into our country, and thats what i'm talking about.)Senegal has opened up an air bridge- the military is the number one logistical organization on the world.. The idea that a small number of people not being able to fly out of Monrovia and travel to the US will somehow impact the fight against the virus there, is facile. Nor does adopting commonsense containment measures conflict with "stopping it over there". We can - and should - do everything we can to help over there, but I simply don't buy that "helping over there" has to include allowing sick people to get on planes and spread this disease with a 70% lethality rate, to other countries.

If travel restrictions are such an onerous, horrible thing, and I dont believe they are- that's all the more incentive for the countries involved to get it under control.

And you know what? Doesnt matter what DU thinks, most people agree with you. Which is why the Administration is scrambling, belatedly, to assure people the CDC will finally add some undefined layer of screening on our end to the "form and temperature check" which allegedly constitutes containment on the other end of this.